Shoe lengthener



July 6., 1926. 1,591,225

E. J. MosKow SHOE LENGTHENER Filed June 15 j 1925 w wl, w. 7

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Patente-d July` 6, 1926i n nnwiian'm no,s'iro'vir,l or sfr, tetris, insegna;

. lsiren :LENGTHENER Application Vfiled. ,Tune v13, `19275.

`This invention relatesto an improvement in shoe lengtheners and has for its primary object the purpose of providing 1a foot pory the heel portion of the shoe lengthener.

tion having a movable heel* portion which is adapted to be moved from the lfoot portion.

Another object of the invention is in pro-V viding theheel portion'of the shoe lengthenerwith a rigidly secured threaded ,rod whch'is extended therefrom into the foot portion, the foot portion being provided with means which are efective on the rod v towards moving the heel portion during the shoe stretching operation.

v A further object' kof the invention is in providing the shoe lengthener with an improved form o fguiding means for actuating Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings 1 designates a foot portionV having a toe portion 2, and a movable heel i' rods being disposed way 5, said guideways being horizontally, V410 portion 3, and tended fromythe heel portion 3 are a pair of paralleling guide rodsr', eachof saidguide in a respective guide- Vformed in the footy portion 1.

Y Formed in the foot portion 1, and disposed between the pair ofguideways 5, is a i Y, pocket 6, and located in said pocket are a pair of meshing bevelfgears 7 and 8, the hub of the gea-r7 being provided with an interiorly threaded bore 9, said gear 7 being mountedv on a horizontallyy disposed threaded rod 10 which is extendedfrom and rigidl thrseadsof said gear 7 being in meshwith the threads of the rod10.

The gear 8 is disposed `above the rodV 10 and is rigidly secured to the lower endy of a vertically disposedshaft 11, the bearing 12 end having a handle this improved shoe length-v a fragmentaryl transverse hori-` rigidly secured to vand ex-l V,secured to the heel portion 3, the" sealan. 36,782.

for said shaftbeing formed in the upper wall 13 of vthe pocket 6 which isV formed in thefoot portion, 1, said shaft at its upper i thereto. v

The -toefportion .2 ofthe ,foot portion 1 n isprovided at its end with a'recess 15, said recess being for the reception of pin 16 of a removable toe-tip 17, 'said` toe-tip being onev portion secured so Y of several different shaped toe-tips which, y

are applicable to a deviceof this character;

In the operation of this improved shoe lengthener, when the lengthener is beingl placed in the shoe, it is desirable to vreduce the length thereof, in which `the heel por- `tion 3 will be drawn or moved'towardsthe `foot portion 1` by manipulating, the handle V'14: and turning the shaftV 11 in whichthe:

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gears 7 land 8 will be operated and theY inf terior threads of the gear'7 will become active on lthe spirally threadedv rod 10, there-3 'by drawing saidro'dinwardlyfand thev heel v portion 3 therewith. 'n After the 'lengthenerv Y has been properlyinserted, the shaft l11 isl manipulated in a right-hand direction thereby operating the gears 7 and 8, and the gear' 7 willbe'come active onthe rod 10 and force sald'rod and the heel portion 3l outwardly y against the back ofthe shoe andin which the foot portion 1 andthe shoetip- 17 will e5v be forced forwardly in which the shoe-tip will firmly press against the toe material of the shoe, thereby stretching the length ofthe shoe. Y f Y' In the moving operation of the heel portion 3, the guide rodsl will properly guide the heel portion.

' For removing the shoe" lengthener after Va shoe stretching operation, it is obvious that it will be necessary to manipulate the shaft 11 in a left-hand direction so that the gears 7 and 8 will be'operated and the Vgear 7 will become eeotive in drawing in the rod 1() and the heel portion 3 therewith.k Y

For supporting the extending end of the rod 10 a guideway 18 is provided in the foot portion 1.v Y A v v Y What I claimisy- 1. A shoe len Y portion, a heelportion supported from said foot portion, a threaded rod rigidly lsup'- ported from said heel portion, a gear `mounthener comprising a foot ed on saidv rod having interiorly formed threads-for lengagement-with the threads ofi said rod, and meansrborne by said foot por- Vtion which are cooperable'wth said gear foractua'tng saidrgear, n 2.-'A.` shoe lengthener comprising aV foot 5 portion, a heel portionY supported from said foot portion, a threaded roderigdly sup.-

-ed on said *rodl haring interioriy'fornied threads for engagement with the threads of said rod, a second gear in mesh with said 10 rst'rne'ntioned gear,and anV operating shaftv` borne by said ootportion secured to said second mentioned gear. n ported from sald heel portlon, a gear mount- EDWARD VJ. MosKoW 

